Close race for second spot in Congressional District 20 runoff

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- We're getting a look astatine the archetypal results of Tuesday's peculiar predetermination superior to capable Kevin McCarthy's unfastened spot successful the U.S. House of Representatives.

That word runs until January 2025.

The predetermination results intimately reflector those of the March 5th primary.

With Assemblyman Vince Fong taking a wide pb and Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux and Marisa Wood coming retired with adjacent numbers.

Now, the 3 hold to spot who volition look Fong successful the May run-off.

As of Wednesday, Republican Assemblyman Vince Fong has 41% of the ballot and the AP projects helium volition beforehand to a run-off.

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, who is besides a Republican, has 26%.

He is followed by Democrat Marisa Wood with 23%, and an estimated 84% of votes person been counted.

It's been months since Kevin McCarthy resigned arsenic U.S. Representative for California's 20th Congressional District.

After helium near the presumption successful December, the spot sat empty. Now, voters indispensable determine who volition decorativeness retired his term.

On Tuesday, Republican Assemblyman Vince Fong received capable votes to determination onto a May runoff.

Fong besides precocious placed archetypal successful the March 5th Primary for a afloat Congressional word opening adjacent year.

He is acceptable to look chap Republican Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux successful the wide predetermination successful November.

Boudreaux was successful adjacent contention with Democrat Marisa Wood successful the March 5th primary, and that is being seen erstwhile again successful the peculiar election.

The 2 are waiting to spot who volition beforehand to look Fong successful the May runoff.

Although Wood is retired of the contention for the November election, she's inactive hopeful for this race. She's pleased with however she's performed arsenic a Democrat successful 1 of the state's astir blimpish districts.

"I anticipation that I americium an instrumentality for alteration successful this district, too," said Marisa Wood, Candidate for Congressional District 20. "It doesn't person to stay a Republican-held district. I enactment up a large fight, you know? I'm successful it, and I judge that speaks to the powerfulness of change."

She said she is acceptable to spell to enactment for the district, adjacent if that means lone holding bureau for astir six months.

Boudreaux is watching Wood's numbers closing but is hopeful he'll support his lead.

"She's conscionable close down me, precise close," said Boudreaux. "She's lone a mates 1000 behind, truthful we'll person to hold and spot until the last tally, but if it continues trending arsenic we expect it to, we would reason that we volition beryllium successful the apical 2 for the May election."

If Boudreaux moves onto the May runoff, helium said helium is committed to staying successful some the peculiar predetermination and the wide election.

Fong, who was not disposable for an interview, released a connection Wednesday that read, successful part:

"I americium grateful that voters person erstwhile again chosen experienced, common-sense enactment to correspond the Central Valley successful Washington D.C."

Whether it is Wood oregon Boudreaux facing Fong, the peculiar predetermination runoff volition beryllium held connected May 21st.

For quality updates, travel Kate Nemarich connected Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.